Gloriosa lily

[robg]

I got a corm of this in the spring which has been grown indoors.  As it's not in a conservatory and I live in Scotland I was happy that I got a flower at all , and even more that it has set to seed.  If the pod does ripen fully and produces possibly viable seed, how should I sow it ?

Thanks
Rob

[Kristl Walek]

Rob:

My experience is with Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana', grown as a potted plant---which had dozens of flowers each year and usually ripened it's seed regularly (with frosts in September in Ontario, Canada).

The seed is a warm germinator, survives dry storage well (even into it's second year in open; room conditions), longer if the dry seed is kept in the freezer in a paper bag.

So, you can save the seed, and have a long period in which to decide whether to sow it. And when you do,  keep your sowing at warm (germination is normally within a month). Of course, it's a long process from seed to mature plants.

Hope this helps,

Kristl

[robg]

Thanks Kristl - I'm sure if I wanted I could just buy another corm, but it is the seed propagation challenge, isn't it !!

Rob